1962-07-30
The Detours’ rhythm guitarist Roy Ellis drowns while swimming in the Thames. The Detours inherit his Vox 15s amp.
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1962-07-07
James Brown’s “Shout and Shimmy,” later covered by The Who, hits the U.S. pop charts. It peaks at #61 Listen to James Browns’s version here Compare it to The Who here
1962-06-25
Keith attends a show by Screaming Lord Sutch and The Savages. Afterwards he approaches the band’s drummer, Carlo Little, and asks him to teach him his “wildman” drumming style. Carlo agrees. Two days later, Keith gets his first lesson from Little. Little later describes the 15 year-old Keith as “a lad fumbling, trying to play.”
1962-06-21
The Everly Brothers’ LP Instant Party is released in the U.K.
1962-05-05
Benny Spellman’s “Lipstick Traces (On a Cigarette)” enters the U.S. charts. The B-side, “Fortune Teller” will be a staple of The Who’s live act 1968-1970.
1962-01-15
Roger submits an application for The Detours to audition for the BBC Light Entertainment.
1961-11-05
Keith and his friend Gerry Evans attend a Guy Fawkes Night bonfire in Queensbury, London. Keith jumps through the bonfire and torments little girls with firecrackers. Photo is from another 1961 Guy Fawkes bonfire!
1961-05-15
The Regents’ “Barbara Ann,” originally recorded in 1958, hits the U.S. charts
1961-05-15
James Brown and The Famous Flames release the original version of “I Don’t Mind.”
1961-05-03
John Entwistle performs at the Acton Schools Music Association Fourteenth Annual Music Festival. A newspaper report in the Hammersmith & Shepards Bush Gazette reports: “John Entwistle was the only soloist of the evening. He played the finale from the Horn Concerto No. 4, by Mozart. It’s a popular horn solo which calls for nimble fingering.… Read More »1961-05-03